Bomb threats, fire interrupt day at several schools

12:37 AM,
Oct. 23, 2012

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Bomb threats disrupted classes on three central Westchester County campuses Monday, while a small fire led to the brief evacuation of a Chappaqua elementary school.

Students at the Hartsdale and White Plains campuses of the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester were sent home Monday morning after the Hartsdale school received an emailed bomb threat.

Greenburgh police said a nonspecific threat was received at the 555 W. Hartsdale Ave. campus about 9:30 a.m. The grade six-through-12 school was evacuated and the county Bomb Squad swept the campus, declaring it safe about 11:15 a.m. In ...